Astérix at the Musée de Cluny
Cover of the exhibition catalogue. © Rmn Astérix, the plucky mustachioed Gaul created by the cartoonist Albert Uderzo and the scenarist René Goscinny, is 50 years old this autumn. Where better to celebrate … Favorite
Archive
La Fontaine aux Perles
La Fontaine aux Perles near Rennes has a Michelin star and an Olde Worlde atmosphere. Like Georgia, beans have, er, been on my mind this last week or so. Beans on toast is a breakfast favorite, and the posher newspapers … Read More
Fauves and Expressionists
“Four Bathers” (1910) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. © Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal The Musée Marmottan Monet may be a temple dedicated to the great god of Impressionism, Claude Monet, but for a short time it is showing a group of … Read More
MAC/VAL
For “Work, Made-ready, Kunsthalle, Bern” (1996), Simon Starling turned a Charles Eames “Aluminum Group” chair into a Marin Sausalito bike and vice versa. Photo © Marc Domage MAC/VAL (Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne) may be a short trek from Paris, … Read More
Fauves and Expressionists
“Four Bathers” (1910) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. © Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal The Musée Marmottan Monet may be a temple dedicated to the great god of Impressionism, Claude Monet, but for a short time it is showing a group of … Read More
Teotihuacan
Mask fromTeotihuacan. © Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. Photo: Martirene Alcantara The lost civilizations of the pre-Columbian Americas are an endless source of fascination and often great mystery. The wealthy … Read More
Mélac
Mélac is all about serious food and wine with no frills. Pros: Good food; inexpensive, well-chosen wines Cons: Slightly batty service In one of those eerie strokes of synchronicity, my date had told me, when I suggested … Read More
Misérables
Emmanuel Barrouyer in one of his many roles in Misérables. It may be a testament to Victor Hugo’s greatness that Les Misérables is one of those books that looms large in the public consciousness even though few … Favorite
Bernard du 15
Soft-boiled eggs contained bits of salmon and mushroom and were topped with egg-white froth. Pros: Quiet, plenty of space, easygoing service (could also be a con if you’re in a hurry) Cons: Slightly uneven food quality Funny, the … Read More
The Brukenthal Collection & The Dutch Golden Age
Detail of “The Holy Family” (1625-30) by Jacob Jordaens. Serge Wytz © Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu/ Hermannstadt, Romania It’s true, as a friend pointed out, that the name of the current exhibition at Paris’s Musée Jacquemart-André, “Brueghel, Memling, Van Eyck…: … Read More